Flora of North America species comparison

large 3–9; small 1–9.

large 3–5; small 0–4.

0.8–2 dm.

3–6.5 dm.

2–4, alternate, 3.5–9 cm;

blade lanceolate-oblong, sickle-shaped, glaucous.

in 1–2 whorls of 3–4 leaves per node proximally, alternate distally, 4–10 cm, usually shorter than inflorescence;

blade narrowly lanceolate;

distal leaves usually ± equaling proximalmost leaf.

nodding;

tepals purplish or greenish marked with yellow, lanceolate-oblong, 1.5–2.5 cm, apex not recurved;

nectaries green with maroon dots, broadly lanceolate, less than 1/2 tepal length;

style obviously branched for 1/2 its length, branches longer than 1.5 mm.

nodding;

tepals pale green to almost black, not mottled, lanceolate, 0.9–1.8 cm, apex not recurved;

nectaries green, lanceolate, ca. 1/2 tepal length;

style obviously branched for 1/2 its length, branches longer than 1.5 mm.

broadly winged.

winged.

= 24.